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Pentagon names new senior staff amid building turmoil
The Pentagon on Friday announced four new senior advisers for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following front office ...
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New senior staff announced as White House looks to ‘right the ship’ at the Pentagon
The defense department has announced new senior level positions after recent firings and resignations. But with Pentagon head ...
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Pentagon orders sweeping cuts of DOD advisory group members
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed all members of key Pentagon advisory boards be removed, according to a recent memo. “To support the new strategic direction and policy priorities of the ...
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Pentagon names four senior advisers to Hegseth after firing three officials for leaking information
Four senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were named Thursday amid the turmoil at the Pentagon that has included ...
‘He gets him what he needs’: Hegseth’s new favorite adviser helped set up Signal on one of secretary’s computers at Pentagon
Last month, after news broke that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was using Signal to discuss sensitive military operations ...
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How a Lloyd Austin aide became Pete Hegseth’s ‘only guy standing’
In early April, after Pete Hegseth returned from a trip to Panama, the last person to step off the plane before the defense ...
Pete Hegseth, isolated and defiant, has Trump’s backing for now
Officials say the unraveling of Hegseth’s inner circle is cause for alarm, leaving some to wonder how the Pentagon would ...
Trump stands by Pete Hegseth amid controversy but called for Lloyd Austin to resign—critics say it’s a double standard
Critics call out Trump and Republicans after a report reveals Pete Hegseth sent military attack plans to his wife and brother ...
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Hegseth: Guam, CNMI defense is also America first
The United States will view any attack on Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as an attack on U.S. soil, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stressed to local leaders during a ...
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Ukraine’s European allies say Russian aggression is pushing peace out of reach, as US envoy meets Putin
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who only attended virtually. The group of roughly 50 nations, which was created by former US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the Biden administration ...